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NEW DELHI - Lalu Prasad is going through a lean political patch. He has lost two consecutive state elections and after a long time is without power either in Patna or Delhi. Losses to rivals in a series of by-elections show that a break in the dark clouds may not be imminent.
Yet, the irrepressible politician from Bihar did not let his worries come in the way as he donned the role of "authorized spokesperson" of the political class and lit into the Lokpal bill and questioned Anna Hazare seeking to dictate terms to Parliament on the anti-graft legislation. "Yeh aakhiri ghadi hai," he ...

Patna, Sept 19 (PTI) Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today demanded a CBI probe into the alleged freight corridor scam to the tune of Rs 700 crore during the tenure of the then Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.The Centre should order a CBI probe into the alleged freight corridor scam with a mandate to investigate the role of the then Railways Minister into award of tenders, he said in a statement issued here.Quoting the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)'s preliminary investigation and other irregularities cited by the CAG in the railway department during Prasad's ...

Patna: One political son in trouble, but another in Bihar has just begun his political innings. Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tejaswi Yadav, on Friday, was officially introduced to politics - just ahead of elections. Tejaswi, who is a cricketer, hopes to win the political match for the party. Tejaswi Yadav's entry can be treated as another son rise in the Indian political arena. Lalu's younger son Tejaswi, is being introduced to bat on a political pitch for decades dominated by his father Lalu Prasad Yadav. Tejaswi played Ranji trophy representing ...